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A study finds that men will deliberately carry out macho activities to restore their self-esteem after doing tasks associated with women

Researchers said gender role violation can be a big thing, like losing a job (Alamy)

1 Asking men to do “female” jobs can make them more aggressive. A study
has found that men will deliberately carry out macho activities to restore
their self-esteem after doing tasks associated with women, such as
housework. Psychologists from South Florida University asked one group of
men to braid hair (a feminine task), while another group was asked to braid
rope. When given a choice of two tasks afterwards, the hair-braiders
overwhelmingly chose hitting a punch bag above doing a puzzle.

Jennifer Bosson, who worked on the study, said: “Gender role violation can be
a big thing, like losing a job, or a little thing, like being asked to braid
hair in a lab.”

2 The years between 25 and 35 are as difficult to navigate as a
mid-life crisis. Young adults may still be in the prime of their lives but
they are just as vulnerable to a “quarter-life crisis”